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He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.
Obstinacy
Herman Melville

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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
Leisure
Herman Melville

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The best thing you can do is get good at being you.
Self-improvement
Dennis the Menace

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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
Change
Menander of Athens

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Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
Courage
Menander of Athens

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The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.
Goals
Menander of Athens

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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
Experience
Menander of Athens

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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
Sincerity
Mencius (Mengzi Meng-tse)

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A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if he drank.
Alcohol and Alcoholism
H. L. Mencken

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Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
Adultery
H. L. Mencken

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After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.
Quotations
H. L. Mencken

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Alimony -- the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.
Alimony
H. L. Mencken

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As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.
Heart
H. L. Mencken

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Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too.
Bachelor
H. L. Mencken

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Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
Conscience
H. L. Mencken

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Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.
Conscience
H. L. Mencken

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Democracy is also a form of religion. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses.
Democracy
H. L. Mencken

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Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.
Decency
H. L. Mencken

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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
Faith
H. L. Mencken

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For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
Problems
H. L. Mencken

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Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
Voting
H. L. Mencken

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Honor is simply the morality of superior men.
Honor
H. L. Mencken

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Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.
Husbands
H. L. Mencken

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I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.
Action
H. L. Mencken

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In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.
Heroes and Heroism
H. L. Mencken

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun